Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-08-16
LIME As 4 FeRrlLlzEa.


= kenusytsAnia Farmers Account Of ths |
Effects Of Its Use.
In this part Of the country lime IL fhs
principal fertilizer outside Of barnyard
manure. Az the soil IL naturally very
thin we have TO use something from
the word 'sgo'' TO keep up the fertility.
! think there Il nothing that will, for
tho same outlay Of money. give a. much
In return. II land Is properly made I'M
with lime, and then properly farmed.
no one will ever live TO see Il need any
more Last summer . neighbor called
my attention 70 : narrow strip acroes
one OF his oat fields which was three Of
four inches taller than the rest, and
explained that the cause Of Il was ut
had small coat Of lime fifty-two wears
ago." and yet 1t showed ON every crop
to the present time. If the land Of,
which IL is applied Is extremely poor
and there - no sod, It should always
have little manure to put on with II
to give the lime something to work on.
It 10 rather slow in it's work. You sell
dom ever SEQ any benefit from its use
till you sow in clover and then break
up the sod. And then there is no crop.
At least none raised here, on which It Is
not very beneficial. Low clay ground
that Is naturally wet and cold, unless
perfectly underdrained, is poor place
for lime. II shows much the best on
high. dry, gravely soils II low wet
ground u plowed when not in proper
order on account Of moisture, where
limo has been used, it seems 10 DESTROY
its effects entirely. Here il ! mistake
many farmers make. Because neigh
Dor who has high land can plow, they
will too, even II the water runs after
them in the furrow.
When lime is properly applied It's ef-
feet on the soil is something similar to
yeast in dough for bread. It seems to
give It life and make it light and mel
low. But in order to get the full bene-
fit Of it we must put it ON in proper
style-that is. we must put it on when
fresh burnt; the hotter the better Old
refuse lime that has become wet FROM
exposure is practically worthless. II
must be SO you can scatter it on like
flour, as evenly as possible, and then
should be narrowed in without rain.
Where it is wet and lies over the field
in Jumps it never mixes with the soil
and apparently does no good.
The amount to be used depends on
the former fertility OF the ground to
which it is applied, the amount you
have on hand, the time you have to
spare without making your crop late,
etc. The old idea entertained by our
grandfathers, that too much would kill
the ground, is extremely fallacious.
We have used from 100 to ], 200 bushels
per mere and never lost crop on ac-
count Of putting on too much. We
usually use 800 or 400 bushels per acre,
and then before we SOW down in clover
| give top-dressing of manure, which
insures good catch. Then let it lie a
couple Of years and put in corn, and
we never fail to get a crop.
Land that has been lined to any ex
tent is scarcely ever troubled witt
worms, which is no small item some
times. From past experience would
say there is no better fertilizer for al
orchard than hot lime. 1t promotes
the growth Of the trees, is destructive
to insects, and surely benefits the fruit
-Venango (Pd.) Cor. Ohio Farmer.